God And Covid
What is God doing during this Covid crisis?
First of all, God is in control. The raging Covid crisis is not making God raise both His hands and shake His head in utter disappointment and frustration. He wants to make it all go away but He just can't.
No, on the contrary, Covid is God's dog on a leash. He can make it sit still anytime He wants but He can choose to allow it to go on and bark like mad. It can be God's instrument for a number of reasons for different people.
* Punitive --- He might be using it to punish certain people. Covid is God's punisher.
* Instructive --- He might be using it to make certain people learn something. Covid is God's instructor.
* Corrective --- He might be using it to rectify and correct certain people. Covid is God's rebuker.
* Preventive --- He might be using it to prevent some things from happening. Covid is God's hedge and wall.
* Redemptive --- He might be using it to bring people to spiritual salvation. To be sure, covid made many people think about the brevity of life and eternal realities. Covid is God using a megaphone on these people to bring them repentance and faith in Christ for salvation.
One crisis, different purposes to many different people at one and the same time. If you are still not right with God now, my friend, don't waste this virus. Allow it to draw you to Christ for salvation.
